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[Sledgehammer427]

Favorite tank
Multiple era's are allowed so you don't have to decide between X tank from 1942 and Y tank from 1977.

Me
WWII - Jagdpanther, The best tank hunter of the war, sloped armor and a low-slung fighting compartment gave this tank a menacing look that I just adore.

Cold War - The M60 Patton
Not a very great tank. But theres one near where I live and it is possibly the coolest-looking thing I ever got to climb in. Standing in the commanders cupola, it just felt right

Modern Day
Russian Black Eagle
One threatening-looking SOB. Its a beauty. even though it was cancelled.

[frinik]

Sledge by Black Eagle are you referring to the T95 ????

My own choices:

WWII Panther ausf. G favourite tank and the Jagdpanther is my favourite TD/Jagdpanther( like you I believe the best combo for a TD). Favourite SPGs equally Stug III G and SU100.

Post WWII, Leopard 1A5, Merkava 4 and Leopard A26. APCs M113, BMP60, Marder.

[Task Force]

Hmm, for me (from WW2 at least) Hmm... The later panthers or the King Tiger.

(Or the T 34 on some days)

Not a real fan of modern/post war tanks TBH.

[Dowly]

StuG III G

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by frinik

Sledge by Black Eagle are you referring to the T95 ????

http://www.military-today.com/tanks/t12_black_eagle.htm



Tank=MBT, not IFV, APC!?

My Choice:

WWII: Panther, later versions.

Cold War: Leopard 1A5, T-72

Modern era: Leopard 2A4-A6, Merkava-IV

Why not the T34? It won by numbers, not by technical superiority.

Why not the M60? Too damn slow, lacking agility.

Why the T72? It is underestimated. It's value must be seen in comparison to the era when it appeared - and there it was a beast: fast, small, hard punch, tough armour compared to the weapons of that time. It is the reason why the development of the Leo-2 was speeded up. The Leo-1 dominated all tanks before the T-72, Western and Eastern designs alike.

[Raptor1]

Originally Posted by Skybird

Why not the T34? It won by numbers, not by technical superiority.

One could argue that the T-34 did have a technical superiority against pretty much anything in its weight class, certainly early in the war when it was introduced.

Anyway, my favourite WWII tank would probably be the IS-2, while my favourite Cold War tank is probably the T-72 or T-80. My favourite tank overall is, of course, the glorious Mark V tank.

[Oberon]

WWI - Mark I and Mark V tanks
WWII - Panther, Matilda, Cromwell, Firefly, Panzer IV Ausf H, T-34/85
Cold War - Centurion, T-72, M60, M551, M1A1
Modern - Leopard II, Challenger II, M1A2

[frinik]

Hey Skybird it seems we see eye to eye when it comes to our favourites tanks whether WWII or post war

I agree with you the T34s were overrated they had terrible reliability problems and were very crude mechanically.I remember reading a book by a Soviet tanker in which he said that with the T34s the Soviet drivers always carried a wood mallet because the transmission was so hard to shift especially in cold weather that they had to hammer at it to make it shift...

Likewise the JS/IS2 was solid and produced in big numbers but very slow reload, limited ammo only 8 AP shells and its armour was of uneven quality and prone to crack and brittleness...Sov post war tanks were better.

Their SU 85 and 100 on the other hand were not bad....

Some post war US tanks are not bad either both the M48 and M60 ...
The British produced the chietain and centurions which were not half bad.The French AMX 10 and 30 were not in tfirst league at all....

[Raptor1]

Originally Posted by frinik

I agree with you the T34s were overrated they had terrible reliability problems and were very crude mechanically.I remember reading a book by a Soviet tanker in which he said that with the T34s the Soviet drivers always carried a wood mallet because the transmission was so hard to shift especially in cold weather that they had to hammer at it to make it shift...

Oh? Everything I heard about the T-34 is that it was highly reliable after the early 1941 models.

Either way, that's certainly better than the German tanks which had to be heated for hours before even functioning in cold weather, or the notoriously unreliable late-war German tanks...

Originally Posted by frinik

Likewise the JS/IS2 was solid and produced in big numbers but very slow reload, limited ammo only 8 AP shells and its armour was of uneven quality and prone to crack and brittleness...Sov post war tanks were better.

Their SU 85 and 100 on the other hand were not bad....

Much of that is because it was designed as a breakthrough and infantry support tank. In fact a 100mm gun with better penetration and a higher rate of fire was considered for the IS-2 but was rejected in favour of the 122mm gun because that one had a much larger HE charge.

[MaddogK]

WW2- Tiger 1
Cold War- Russian T-55
Modern- As much as I want to say T-90 and like the looks of the Chinese Type 99, I think the Abrams is unbeatable in this category.